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Received 15 APR 09.
Hon. Principal Civil Medical Officer,
There is nothing in this osmium theory.
Osmium occurs as a metal associated with the platina metals - platinum, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium.
Osmium tetroxide, which gives off a poisonous vapour attacking eyes and lungs, is not found in nature and cannot be formed from the metal and nitrates except at a red heat. Even then the substance is soluble in water and is rapidly decomposed by organic matter into non-volatile and harmless materials. Miners of the platinum metals do not appear to have any special sickness.
The communication seems to have been sent to the Government merely to try and get a search for osmium (and thus for platinum metals) instituted.
(sd.) F. Browne,
Government Analyst,
2nd March, 1909.
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Enclosure 2.
C.0. 12802
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RroP 15 APR 09.
Hon. Principal Civil Medical Officer,
There is nothing in this osmium theory.
Osmium occurs as a metal associated with the platimea metals
platinum, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, and palladiwi,
Osmim tetroxide, which gives o ́f a poisonous vapour attacking
eyes and lungs, is not found in nature and cannot be formed
from the metal and nitretes except at a red heat. Even then the
substance is soluble in water and is rapidly decomposed by
organic retter into non-volatile and harmlose materiels. Miners
of the platinum metals do not appear to have any special sick-
-ness. The comunication seem to have been sent to the
Goverment merely to try and get a search for osmium (and thus
for platinum matals) instituted.
(sd.) F. Brownie,
Government Analyst,
2nd. March, 1909.
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